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BAGUIO CITY – Outgoing Mayor Mauricio Domogan assured incoming city officials led by Mayor-elect Benjamin Magalong of smooth transition when they assume their posts on June 30. Domogan recently formed a local governance transition team to facilitate an effective turn-over of responsibilities, properties, records and logistics to the new officials. Chaired by the mayor, the team will make sure that […]
Read moreBontoc, Mountain Province – Unfinished programs and projects are seen to continue in the province after incumbent provincial officials retained their posts as shown by the results of the recent political exercise. Maximo Dalog, Jr. won the lone congressional slot vacated by his late father who died midway through his term. The death of the former lawmaker handed the responsibility […]
Read moreTABUK CITY, Kalinga — The difficulty of the terrain located on mountains, rains, and the absence of Internet signal have prevented the transmission of results from the highland municipalities of Kalinga province in the evening of May 13. “Some of the vote counting machines (VCMs) will have to be carried with people manually transporting them to the municipal town halls […]
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TABUK CITY, Kalinga — An election protest is reportedly in the offing in Kalinga province after a neck and neck match between two gubernatorial bets that boiled down to a 10-vote difference in favor of Tabuk Mayor Ferdinand Tubban, who has since been proclaimed governor-elect. His primary opponent, Kalinga Vice Governor James Edduba, was said to be leading earlier but […]
Read moreBAGUIO CITY May 14 – The City Board of Canvassers Tuesday proclaimed the winning candidates for the different local elected positions during the May 13, 2019 mid-term elections. The board composed of City Election officer Atty. Renan Sorbita, City Prosecutor Elmer Manuel Sagsago and City Schools Davison Superintendent Dr. Federico Martin initially proclaimed winning congressional candidate Mark Go, neophyte mayoralty […]
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BAGUIO CITY May 15 – The education department announced that the annual Brigada Eskwela in the public schools all over the city will be on May 20-25, 2019 to ensure the readiness of the school facilities at the start of classes on June 3, 2019. Officials of the Division of City Schools called on parents of schoolchildren and students, teachers, […]
Read moreBAGUIO CITY – The Regional Training Center-Baguio (RTC-Baguio) and MOOG Controls Corporation cemented their long-time partnership anew with the registration of Aerospace and Industrial Manufacturing Technology course to be offered in June 2019. “The course is an enhancement of the Core Manufacturing Competencies Development Course (CMCDC) and is tailored to the particular standards of MOOG and the aerospace industry,” said […]
Read moreBANGUED, Abra — Elections in Abra, a province usually marred with violence during elections, was generally peaceful without any major incident that disrupted the peace and order, a police official said on Monday evening. “As a whole, the election was generally peaceful although there were complaints from both parties, but as far as the security of the election from the […]
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49 arrested for violation of liquor ban A total of 49 persons were arrested for violation of liquor ban which commenced at exactly 12:00 AM of May 12, 2019, pursuant to the provisions of the Omnibus Election Code (Liquor Ban) and Resolution No. 10429. Of the 49, 47 were arrested in Baguio City while the other 2 were arrested in […]
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